touche, tc

On May 8, 2009 I submitted a civil complaint at the Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse against Lane County and the cities of Eugene and Springfield and seven of their employees. I also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

On June 3, 2009 Federal Judge Thomas M. Coffin issued an order to proceed in forma pauperis and an order to dismiss re: 09-cv-6126-TC. The eight page response to the 43 statements in my twelve page complaint begins by saying “Plaintiff’s Application to proceed in forma pauperis is allowed. However, for the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed, without service of process, on the basis that it is frivolous.” It ends by saying that I have 30 days to “file an amended complaint curing the deficiencies set forth above.”

If you register with PACER, it costs 8 cents a page to read or download documents. For a buck sixty (=20 (=12+8) pages * 8 cents a page for all you non-mathletes!) you can read the allegedly honorable Judge Coffin’s justification for the allegation that my complaint is frivolous and think about whether you agree and if not, how one could respond to it.